Faulty Lightning Arrester Triggered Long Valley Power Outage

Long Valley NJ

18 June, 2021

4:18 PM

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LONG VALLEY, NJ — More than 1,700 Washington Township residents were without power for some of their morning on Thursday, when a faulty lightning arrester tripped a breaker. Shortly after 9 a.m. on Thursday, Mayor Matt Murello told his Facebook followers, JCP&L had been in touch with him about a power outage involving about 1,715 residents within the Newburgh Road station service area. Washington Township's Office of Emergency Management advised residents at about 9:15 a.m., there was an uptick since Murello's post, with 1,726 customers impacted at that time. At about 10:05 a.m., the Township's Facebook page had an update posted that power had been restored for all residents in the outage area. Murello said he was in touch with JCP&L and had been told a lightning arrester that was struck and slightly damaged in the last thunderstorm, tripped the breaker. He said JCP&L reset the breaker and plans to replace the lightning arrester in the near future. Questions or comments about this story? Contact me at: [email protected].